Children’s centres, registrars and local authorities should come together to make registering the birth of babies easier for parents, via local children’s centres. A new report we’ve published today recommends an expansion of this ‘win-win’ practice over the next five years.

In just one month In-toto Kitchens has raised £4,220 for Barnardo’s by hosting more than 25 Barnardo’s Big Brunches in its studios. The money will go towards supporting our work helping vulnerable children, young people and their families across the UK.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that the Government wants to speed up the adoption process, so that children find a family sooner. It plans to put aside £30 million to do this in the Budget on Wednesday 8 July 2015.

Young, single dads could struggle to have their child stay overnight with them, if housing benefit changes proposed by the government go ahead. The warning comes from Barnardo’s with other charities, including Working With Men and Young Dads Council. Together, we are calling on the Government to urgently review benefits rules, so that all parents are exempted from plans to cut housing benefits for young people regardless of whether their children live with them full time or not.